I lomr Office 11 1 oi tor A i . cor N TV. that's eirnn. thnt'ft I rnri. Hint' It-itn,Me. 9 r 7 A Q)t0(7(7 11 il UU ADVERTISE IN THLf TALKS? li-r-n rnn want. T"r III KINKS pulillRln-d In h I'lrr tlmt la llt-ml ,-. (S Uj ll ! II II I 1 In the FIKE COUNTY PKESS. 1 o VOL VII. MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA.. Fill I) AY, NOVEMBER 15, 15)01. NO. 3. THE WASHINGTON LETTER. The re)-.il)lu;(in congressmen nro oniing to Washington in consider able numbers and the president hns received them nil nnd his bad sover nl confe rences with tho members of tho ways nml means committee. Gen. Orosvonor of Ohio believes there is no desire on tho pu t of the country for tariff revision. He snys: ''Tim result shown there will bo no more revision of tho tariff by congress thfin there will lo n revi sion of tho Ten Commandments. The verdict is not. only against imy revision of the tirifT hut against nny reciprocity treaties tint, will af feet tho principles of protection." Hon. Sera no E. Payne, chairman of tho ways nml menus committee, is confident thnt 110 change Is needed nnd thnt to open the subject, would have a disquieting effect on business that wonld more than offset any good that might bo accomplished. Mil j. Steele, another member of the committee, has seen the president and states that in his jodeinent "nny tariff tinkering would be most Injudicious." Ho far ns I have been able to learn this is the almost j unanimous opinion of tho republi can members with the exception of n few who, like Representative Bab cock, have mistaken a local senti ment for a national opinion. Senator Hanna, who came to Washington on Friday nnd called at the White House for the first time since Mr. Roosevelt's succession to tho presidency, expresses the belief that there is no occasion to revise the present law and tho people would seriously disapprove such ao tion on tho part of congress. Sena tor Piatt concurs with Senator Han na nnd Senator Depew says: "Re ciprocity is impractical and tariff tinkering not to be thought of." In view of these decided opinions on the part of the leaders of his party it is not believed that the president, will make any recommendations to the contrary. Whatever his private views may have been, Mr. Roose velt is too level-headed to consider himself in ns good a position to judge of tho wishes of the people as are their representatives from all over the country. Tho president has, by the appoint ment of Robert G. Houston as col lector of the port of Wilmington, practically defined his position to wards the J. Edward Addicks fac tion in Delaware. It will be re membered that Mr. Addicks hns boon the means of curtailing the senatorial representation of his state for a number of years. He is uot sufficiently influential to secure the senatorial election himself and his contention has merely operated to prolong a deadlock which has made the election of a republican senator from thnt state impossible. Mr. Houston is a prominent unti-Ad-dioks leader, is chairman of the Sussex county republican committee and has tho warm support of Repre sentative Hall, the only congres sional representative of Delaware at the present time. The president re cently appointed a postmaster at Wilmington who was unfriendly to Mr. Addicks nnd with this now ap pointmeDt it is predicted that Ad dicks' power will soon be so weak ened that Delaware will soon be able to send her full quota to con gress. It hns been given out that the president has decided not to re-appoint Gov. Jenkins of Okluhoma, who received his commission from President McKiuley last summer. There have been charges made against Jenkins at the White House to tho effect that his relations with certain contractors, who have been engaged in the construction of some public works, were not nil that could be desired. With character istic fairness Mr Roosevelt gave Mr. Jenkins an opportunity to de fend himself against his accusers but as he has heard nothing from the governor he will probably ap point his successor at an early date. I Bin told at the White House that the president has no intention of appointing Zuch Mulhall but it is runioied that the uppointment will go to a former Rough Rider. The large uunilier of federal ap pointments to he made before the reassembling of congress is occupy ing a great deal of the president's t)ue, us he is most careful and painstaking in his bisections. The judgeship in Virginia, is attracting a too l deal of atto'itiou at the present time and it is thought probable thnt Col. Hugo, who made such nn e?: 1 rollout showing in the race for tho j governorship, may he selected,. One of the objects that brought Senator Hamm to Washington this week !! his well known dcvnlicn to the memory of William McKiu ley. The Mniator is intensely inter rated in the progress of the William McKinley Memorial association nnd believes that the Memorial Arch as sociation should unite with tho for mer nnc' the c.imbined efforts of the two be directed to the erection of a suitable monument in Canton and, that, ac .'oinplished, take up the erec tion of tho memorial arch in the na lional capital. He considers that the plans of the Arch association are upon too largo n scale. Ho has had soveral e inferences with the leaders of that association but has not received much encouragement on his proposition for an am ilgamu. tion. Every government employe who had a vote in New York state, from the president down to the While House steward, wont home to vote and the result, of the elections there and elsewhere has beon the constant topic of conversation since. The se lection of Seth Low to be mayor of Greater New York is regarded by Washington republicans not only as a vote of confidence in the capabil ity and integrity of the republican party but as an endorsement of the policy which has led that paity 10 place in its foremost ranks young mon of whom the president is the ideal type, and Seth Low and Gov Odell scarcely less so. Mr. Low evidently intends to model his administration after the lines laid down by President Roose velt for before leaving for Great Harrington, where he went to rest, immediately after the election, he said: "I shall make 110 appoint ments 011 the ground of patronage. I have made no pledges. I shall name my nppointees simply on the ground of fitness for tho position." Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania, who came over to see the president im mediately nf ter the election, says : "The elections were a complete vin dication of republican policies. No body in Pennsylvania takes the democratic party as a serious propo sition. The charges of corruption in state and city government are untrue. Philadelphia is one of the best governed cities in tho United States and everybody knows it." Washington republicans are in dignant over the situation in Mary land and declare it is an example of the length to which the democrats will carry things when permitted to do so. They have the control of the machine and will probably be able to control the legislature, Irre spective of how the people voted, but there is every reason to believe that the next lime the people have an opportunity to express their wishes at the polls they will do so in such certain tones that 110 amount ot corruption will prevent democrat ic defeat. Secretary Wilson will nsk congress for nn appropriation for the depart ment of Hgriculture for the next fis cal year ot f :$,C78,5 10, an increase of practically $1,000,000 over the pre ceding year. When I asked the secretary the necessity for so great an increase he replied: "The mutual development of the department's work. For instance, the bureau of forestry will require $200,10, nearly double last year's appropriation, for work which is the natural outgrowth of that already begun; the new bureau of soils will require, to properly continue its work, $173,000, an increase of $s2,000; the investiga tions of plant pathology have reached a point where an extra $5S,00(i will be needed to carry on that work, in my judgment there are great possi bilities for the silk industry in this country and I have included in my estimates $10,000 for the purpose of inaugurating uu investigation and experiments." When ukcd to enumerate some of the benefits which the work of the department i 1 11 1 1 afforded to fumiers, the secretary cited, among other things, the intro duction of the nuvul orange, rust proof oats, Full wheat and numer ous plants and grasses; tho salvation of the California orange industry from the ravage of the scale liwct which had threatened its extermina tion; the introduction of the hlnsto phaga, an insect which makes possi ble the growing of the Smyrna ti:; the general destruction of Insect pests, which the secretary tx-lieves results in a saving of many million dollars annually; the discovery of remedies for fungous diseases of vines nnd plants; the eradication of pleuro-pneumoniu, a disease which had cost Great Ih itian a loss of over ?llOm),0(M); the inspection of ments intended for export, which has made possible nn export trade of many million dollars in extent; the insHt' tion of cattle vessels employed In the export trade, which has resulted In a decrease of the cost of insurance from $S.OO to if 1.00 per head, a total sav ing to exporters of over $2,225,000; the discovery and distribution of black-leg vaccine, w hich It is esti mated has saved the cuttle growers between $5,000,000 and $0,000,000 per year; the introduction of Smyrna tobacco in the Connecticut Valley, which will result in an increased pro fit to the growers of that section alone of $500,000 a year; the warnings of the weather bureau, which have saved lives, goods In transportation and growing crops to a value impossi Dle to estimate; the work of the de partment statistician in furnishing honest estimates of the crops; ami hist, hut not least, the establishment of the beet sugar industry on an ex tensive and substantial foundation. The secretary believes that greater actual profit accrues to the country from the monies disbursed by the de partment of agriculturethan by those expended by any other department of the government. Prot. II. J. Weber of the bureau of plant industry tells me that he has developed a variety of cow peas which, he is convinced, Is proof against the attacks of the root worm, so destructive of this crop, particular ly in the south, lie says that the root-knot worm works on a variety of plants including potatoes, tomatoes and peaches, and many of the peach growers have been afraid to avail themselves of the advantages to be derived from the nitrogen gathering pea for fear of the introduction of the rixt-knot worm into the peach trees. The new variety, which Is a selection from the Little Iron pea, will afford no harbor or sustenance to the pest anil nay therefore, be used in all lojall- ties without danger. He believes that this discovery will result In in calculable benefit to the southern farmer. Professor Weber also reports grat ifying success with his experimental plots of Egyptian cotton. He is con ducting experiments in Mississippi, Florida, Georgia nnd Texas and, while he is not yet prepared to speak definitely, he believes that It will he found practical and possible to grow crops of from one-half to three-quar ters of a bale of this cotton per acre and that a market ranging from six to ten cents per pound for ordinary cotton will pay from fifteen to twenty-two cents for the Egyptian variety. Mr. Gifl'ord Pinchot, chief of the bureau of forestry, says that he has recently received a request for a working plan for a tract of 1,000,000 acres of long leaf pine land, this tract comprising about eighty per cent, of the virgin long-leaf pine forest of Texas. This is only one of many re quests made upon the bureau, the total numlier of which cover an ag gregate area of over 4,000,000 acres, exclusive of 60,000,000 acres of government forest reserves in the care of which the bureau renders such technical assistance as may be called for by the secretary of the interior. Chief Botanist F, V. Colvllle In a bulletin called the "Origin and Dis tribution of the Cocoa Palm," ad vances the theory that the cocoanut Is indigenous to this contimentand that its presence in Ceylon, Philippines, New Guinea, etc., can only be ac counted for by the theory that It was carried to the East from thiscontinent in prehistoric times. Prof. Colvllle believes that his investigations are a strong confirmation of the proposi tion advanced by anthroologists that at some prehistoric time there exist ed communication between North America and Asia by way of Bering straits. lineal anthropologists are much interested in Professor Col ville's deductions. Among the visitors at the depart ment of agriculture tlds week I met Professor Wm. M. Hays of the Min nesota exK'riuient station. Profes sor Hays is here looking after some j experimental work that he has teen doing in connection witli the division of vegetable pathology. PERSONALS Miss Bessie Van Etten -went to New York for 5 visit of some John L. Burcher of Burchers Glen transacted business here Tues day. Thomas Bradford, wlfo nnd daughter of Woodtown were in Mil- ford Monday. W. V. Hillinrd, who with his family is spending the winter in New York, was in town Tnesday. "Jack" McCotinell, one of Bloom, ing Grove'g most expert hunters, was in town the first of the week. Samuel Oppenheim of Now York, a guest nt tho Crissnian House, has been seriously ill with pneumonia but is now improving. Augustus Holly, Jr., champion base hall player of Princeton, nnd bride are guests at the High Falls Hotel, Dtngman's Forry. George K. Mneller of Philadel phia), who spent some time here earlier in the season, has just re turned from a trip to Europe and is with his son a guest at Glonside sanitnrium. John R. Thornton was in New York this week attending a sale of trotting stock and it is reported that when he returns ho will bring up a fast one which will do up Ben Kyte next season at the driving pirk. If Jake, however, can get his boss down to 2.15 there will be lots of trouble for nil the boys wish fast nags. A Profitable Profession for Women. Thero is probably no profession that Is open to women that la so much in accordance with the natur al lefluement, taste nnd ability of true womanhood as that of the trained nurse. It is not only a respectable and useful occupation, hut the remuner ation is very liberal. The call for trained nnrses and trained companions for the sick nnd invalids is constantly increasing. Q The School for Nurses of the Philadelphia Nurse Supply and Medical Dispensary have a complete course which can he finished in ten weeks. It includes lectures, practi cal demonstrations, thorough train ing in emergency measures, home nursing and hospital methods. Tha corporation is composed of prominent citizens of Philadelphia, including a Judge of the Pliiladel phia courts, physicians, eminent business men nnd clergymen repre senting nil the leading religious denominations. The work Is conducted at a very nominal expeuse nnd entirely in the interest of the public and those taking the course. The subject matter of tho course is treated In a very direct and prac tical way and will be found instruc tive, fascinating and of life-long interest and value. The information and skill which the students acquire is Immediate ly available )n the first emergency that arises. She is able to manage and direct in any case of lilness that may enter the home. She will be a controlling force in the home and community in the directiou of health and safety. Tho possession of such attain ments is a source of power in every situation, bringing to the individnal and to others a sense of security and restfulness. Diplomas are issued to those who oonipleto the course. If any of onr readess are especial ly interested in the subject they can get full information by addressing School for Nurses, Witherspoon Building, 1319 Walnut street, Phil adolphia, Pa. Astounding Discovery. From Cooiiersville, Mich., comes word of a wonderful discovery of a pleasant tasting liquid that when used before retiring by any one troubled with a bad cough always ensures a good night's rest, "It will soon cure the cough, too," writes Mrs. S. Himolburger, "for three generations of our family have used Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and never fonnd its equal for Coughs nnd Colds." It's an unrivaled life-saver when used for desperate lung disoasos. Guar anteed bottles 50o and ft at all drug gists. Trial bottles free. Two barrels good roasted Rio coffee 12' i eta. per Ih, ; one barrel Maracaibo and Mocha mixture roast ed 18 cts. per lb. at W. & G. Mitch, ell's, OBITUARY WKI1I1 WALLACE CnCRTHKIHT. Mr. Conrtright died nt his' homo in Matnmorns last Sunday morning, Nov. 10, of paralysis. His health was nppnrently good just previous to the attack, which occurred short ly before he passed nway. He was born nenr Dingman's Ferry Sept. 13, 1833, nnd wns a son of Cornelius nnd Hannah Steele Conrtright. When a young man he came here and learned the trade of a black smith nnd in 1870 removed to Mnta morns where he has since resided, working at hiB trade in that town and in Port Jervis. He wns an up right, industrious man nnd a con sistent member of Hope Evangelical church. He was nlso a member of Minisink Tribe, No. 28, I. O. R. M. June 12, 1858, hn married Hannah Van Inwegeu who, with four child ren, Einmn, wife of John Chambers of Port Jervis, Charles P., of the same place, Annn. wife of George Keyes, nnd Mrs. Margaret Nelson ol Matamoras, survives him. Ho is nlso survived by n brother, Henry M., of Delaware township. Tho fu. neral oeciir.-ed from his late resi dence Tnesday afternoon and. inter ment in Milford cemetery. MRS. JAMKS H. BOSI.Ell Annn S., wife of Jus. H. Bosler of this place, died at the home of her daughter In Port Jervis Sunday noon, Nov. 10, nfter n protracted illness, of general debility incident to age. Sho was born at Bushkill Feb. 23, 1823, and was a daughter ot Robert and Anna Marshal Hnn ners. When a child her parents re moved to this place which has ever since been her home. She was one of the landmarks of the town, well known in this section and a mom. ber of the M. E. church here. Oct. 15, 1845, she married Mr. Bosler who, with two daughters, Sarah, wife of Thos. Brink, with -whom she was temporarily residing, and Anna, wife of William Lynch, both of Port Jervis, survives her. She is also survived by a brother, Charles, of Port Jervis and by four half brothers, James C, of Delaware, John, William and Robert of Michigan. The remains were brought to Milford Wednesday and after funeral services conducted by Rev. C. E. Scudder laid to rest in Milford cemetery. The Vocalion Purchased. At a meeting of the Organ Fund society of the Presbyterian church held Tuesday evening it wns con cluded to purchase the vocalion which has been recently installed on trial in the church. .At the concert given Inst week the instru ment was heard to advantage nnd at the Sabbath services the congre gntion was well pleased with Its music. Ill is handsome in appear ance, adds much to the furnishing of the church and its tones are sweet, clear and of ample volume to fill the large audience room. The young people of the society merit unstinted praise for their earnest and successful labors in accomplish ing a result so gratifying to themsel ves ns well ns to the congregation and which will doubtless prove a great attraction to the services. Real E.tate Transfers. James W. Quick, treasurer, to Jacob Kleinhnns, 100 acres, Bloom ing Grove. Consideration, taxes. Relieoca J. Bradford and husband to Samuel A. Myers, yt acre, Sho hola. Consideration f 1. Nicholas Shields and wife to John Shields, 100 acres, Shohola. Con sideration f 1. William W. Perry and wife to Bertha Louisa Rembach, 150 acres, Westfall. Consideration $2. The J. W. Pepper Piano Music Magazine, published at 8th and Lo cust streets, Philadelphia, is one of the newest magazines in its field. Nobody can complain of not getting the worth of their money, as it pub lishes 21 pieces 10 vocal and 11 instrumental making 64 pages of the best music and all of it original and written by the most popular composers of today. Price $1.00 per year. Great Luck of An Editor. "For two years all efforts to cure Eczema in the palms of my hands failed," writes Editor H. N. Lester of Syraouse, Kan., "theu I was wholly cured by Bucklen's Arnica Sulve." It's the world's best for Eruptions, Sores and all skiu dis eases. Only 25o at all druggists. BRIEF MENTION. Dr. John Kelly nnd Ernest O. Wood were out a few days last. wivk in quest, of game and returned w .:h two fine, deer. Sheriff Vandermaik. accompanied by William Ilazen, took W. F Kim ball to the Danville Hospitd f, rlhe Insane Monday. Former Postmaster .las. S. In:le is now in cliBrije of n branch of the International Correspondence school of Scrantou nt Hartford, Conn. Trains on the I). V. 11. ll. lea .e Shoemnkers daily, except SSunday, at 8.03 and 10.55 a. m. and 3.54 n?;d 6.5I p. m. nnd leave Kist Stren Is. burg returning nt 9 a. m. and 12.38 and 5.10 p. 111. Mrs. Emma J. Baker hns just do nated to the Presbyterian church a Mason & Hamlin oigan for use in the Sabbath school room. If there is praise in musical instruments thnt edifice can now furnish a large complement as it shelters no less than five. Georgo Van Why of Monroe county was lodgod in jail here last week on a commitment from Philip B. Clark, Esq., charged with break ing into a school house in Porter and into the premises of Clias. B. Cor I right nnd 'Squire Clark and stealing sundry articles. A flrn started last Sunday on the ridgo between Big nnd Little Log Tavern ponds nnd driven by the high wind swept over probably 11 thousand acres of land which had not been burned in several years be fore it wns checked. Considerable growing timber was destroyed The commissioners of Wayne and Piue met last week with the view ers appointed by the court of enoh county to examine the county line bridge near Lancasters in Greene. After inspection thoy deducted $50 from the contract price of the stone work in order to complete it accord ing to plana and specifications. A wing wnll on the Pike county side wns not erected, ns called for. Mr. Eddy, secretary of the United States legation nt Constantinople, ad vises the state department thnt the imperial government has extended the time during which agricultural implements may be imported free of duty ten years. This extension ap plies to practically all agricultural iuipkinciiLs, c::i-ept "iron .scythes with wood handles." Official State Vote. Complete returns from every county in the state have now been receivod. Many oouutios give the figures as officially computed by the courts. The total vote for the lending candidates for state treasur erand snpremeconrt justice follows : State Treasurer. Harris, republican 433,488 Coray, fusion 385,120 Harris' p'urality .'. 48,368 Supreme Court Judge. Potter, republican 431,443 Yerkes, fusion 385,107 Potter's plurality .... 46,336 Erie's Winter Ezcuraions. DO Tho Erie hns placed on sale nt the ticket office, Port Jervis, winter ex cursion tickets to Atlantio City, N. J., Ashevillo, N. C, Cape May, N. J , Gettysburg, Pa., Jacksonville, Flu., Lakewood, N. J., Luray, Va., Old Point Comfort. Va., Southern Pines, N. C. Thomnsville, Ga.; and many other points in the south nt very low round trip rates For routes and rates please call or ad dress Erie ticket office, Port Jervis, N. Y. 11-22 Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters remain ing n the post office at Milford for the week ending Nov. 16, 1901 : Mrs. M. Pile acd Mr O. Bills. Persons claiming the above will please say "Advertised" and give date of this list. Chaklks Lattimokk, P. M. Recommends It to Trainmen. G. II. ilausan, Lima, O., Engineer L E. & W. R. R., writes: "I have been troubled a great deal with backache. I was induced to try Fo ley's Kidney Cure, and one bottle entirely relieved me. I "gladly rec ommend it to any one, especially my friends among the trainmen, who are usually similarly afflicted." For sale at Armstrong's drug store. Great reduction in shirt waists at T. Armstrong & Co.'s. Prices now 3ic, 65c, 69o aud 8O0. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. Everything loose was on the move Sunday. Cornstalks especially were the sport of the wind and were scattered over the fields. Mrs. Benjamin Mott'er and fam ily of Sandyston have taken up their residence in town. Mis Bertha Vnil and Mrs. A. Barckly of Tri States, N. Y., are visiting friends here. Commissioner William Bock is spending several days hunting in Delaware township. To buy one ncre of Tike countv land and escape tho $10 hunter's license is perfectly legal as the law stands now Mrs. Jas. Lnuer nnd son. after an absence of several weeks visiting friends in Connecticut, have return ed to town. Two more residents whose faces were very familiar here have been laid at rest this week, Webb Court right nnd Mrs. Jas Bosler. Never a better time to cntch cold than now. One day you freeze and the next perspire. Only a cast iron constitution can stand it. So Sussex county has voted for free fishing. Thnt is ns it should be, but the originator of the bill did not got votes enough to be re elected to the legislature. Huh I The republican leaders of this county are jubilant over the success of the republican ticket in this state Did or did not the re publicans poll their normal vote hereon Nov. 6? No use of feeling proud over any thing that was done some where else. Sunday evening's cold put a tem porary stopto the mason workon the Reed residence. The mortar froze as hard as a brick. Several water pipes in town also Buffered. Sheriff Vandermark went to Dan ville Monday with William Kim ball. Poor Bill! We hope the treatment will do him good. If the water was turned different ly some mud puddles would not be in 1 existence here whenever it rains. Some wag has said : "Religion is better If you go a good ways after it. So home religion can't be good. Listen for the sound of wedding bells. Running Deer With Dogs. The Philadelphia Press of Mon- day, Nov. 11, rotates that a trio of gentlemen from that city, Messrs. J. E. Kneedler, H. R. Shock, a so lect oouncilmar, and John R. liar. rifen, had just returned from a hunting trip in this county and brought with them the head nnd antlers and skin of the largest buck killed in the wilds of Pennsylvania in twenty years. The deer when dressed weighed nearly 250 pounds. The article relates that a small buck "rounded up by the dogs" had been killed and that they "beat the terri tory for miles around aided by the guides and their bounds." It wns nearly night when they "heard the bay of the dogs ooming towards them" and soon the deer nppeared. Kneedler and Harrifen fired several shots but night coming on they had to give up tho trail of blood. Early next morning they "started with the dogs" and soon found the deer. Now let the game commission in vestigate. The Prem certainly can furnish sufficient evidence to con vict. If parties from outside can come into this county and hound and kill deer and boast of it and the fact after being thus publicly pro claimed is not made the basis of an arrest then the game commission ought to go out of commission. It is just such disregard of the law by prominent and wealthy men which incites to its violation men who have no leisure to be sportsmen but who hunt for profit. Geo. A. Points, Upper Sandusky, O., writes: "I have been using Fo ley's Honey and Tar for hoarseness and find it the best remedy I ever tried. It stopped the cough imme diately and relieved all soreness." Take none but Foley's. For sale at Armstrong's drug store. That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave you if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their ma tchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and build np your health. Only 25 cents. Mouey back if not cured. Sold by all druggists.
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